'The Voice': Meet the singers you didn't see

From "The Voice": Singers MarissaAnn (left) and Loren Allred. (Photos by Paul Drinkwater/NBC)

Interview with MarissaAnn, Loren Allred

Behind the Screens with Joshua Maloni

Ah, television.

Each of the
singers we saw competing last week on "The Voice" had the same
amount of time to audition for coaches Adam Levine, CeeLo Green,
Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton. But due to television time
constraints, not every singer received the same amount of airtime.

BTS had the
opportunity to speak with two of the singers we saw less of in week
one: 15-year-old MarissaAnn, who performed "Part of Me," and
23-year-old Loren Allred, who covered David Guetta's "When Love
Takes Over."

Both artists are
uniquely motivated to excel on "The Voice."

For MarissaAnn,
music is a means to celebrate life.

"I am 15 years
old; I've been taking lessons since I was 6," MarissaAnn said.
"And a little bit about my story and why I got into music is at 5
months old I was diagnosed with a liver disease. After many months
and different kinds of surgeries and doctor's appointments, they
told my parents that I needed a new liver, right away. My dad
actually, you know, he donated a part of his liver to me, and I just
take life as a gift every day.

"I am so
grateful for everything that I have. And music is so important to me,
because it's just so powerful. And with a melody, it can change
your whole day. You know, so I love sending a message to my audience
and really connecting with my audience."

Loren Allred,
meanwhile, is bound and determined to use her talent for something
more than a wedding reception.

Whether her
parents like it or not.

"I just turned
23 years old and I live back and forth from New York City right now,"
she said. "My things are in storage because I just kind of wanted
to go all the way for 'The Voice.' So I just kind of took that risk.
But basically my two parents are classical musicians. My mom is an
opera singer and my dad's a choir conductor. So from a really young
age I was trained to sing classically and I was in, you know,
children's choirs and everything. And then when I was around 12 or
13, I got my first Mariah Carey CD.

"I started
singing along with her and I realized that I didn't want to do
classical music, how my parents wanted me to do. I was in piano
lessons, and clarinet lessons, and choirs, like, constantly. And so
that brought me to start school at Berklee College of Music, where I
studied there. And sang in a wedding band to make money.

"And while at
Berklee I got approached from my videos that were on YouTube, by a
label, and they had me come audition and everything. And it resulted
in my dropping out of Berklee to pursue that endeavor with the label.
My parents, both having doctorates in their field, were just kind of
like, 'What are you doing, Loren? This is a big deal. You need to
stay in school,' and everything.

"And, you know,
being signed was great, but the people that signed on to me left the
label soon after. So I ended up kind of being forgotten about a
little bit. And it had gotten to the point where I was going to start
having to sing in the wedding band again. And that's when I decided
to audition for 'The Voice.' Then I got chosen for Adam's team, so
it's just kind of really, really great that this has worked out
thus far."

"The Voice"
continues Monday and Tuesday at 8 p.m. on NBC. Find the show -- and
all of its social media connections -- online at http://www.nbc.com/the-voice.